【全非资讯·肯尼亚】 肯尼亚重建从田间到面料的棉花产业链

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肯尼亚沿海地区的农民正在重新种植棉花，同时一座新的轧棉厂和该国仅存的几家一体化纺织厂之一正在重建从田间到工厂的联系。\n\n在拉穆郡的小镇姆佩凯托尼（Mpeketoni），棉花再次成为一种值得种植的农作物。\n\n农民们正在重返田间，抗虫棉（Bt cotton）种子正在分发，一座新的轧棉厂使加工环节更加贴近棉花种植地。这里生产的棉花被运往肯尼亚仅存的几家一体化纺织制造商之一——锡卡纺织厂（Thika Cloth Mills, TCM）。\n\n这一复兴计划旨在创造就业机会、加强制造业、减少对进口的依赖，并使肯尼亚能够从自身的原材料中获取更多价值。在“自下而上经济转型议程”（Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda）和从2023年持续到2027年的“第四个中期计划”（Fourth Medium Term Plan）中，棉花和纺织品已被确定为战略价值链。\n\n政府的《2024年国家棉花、纺织品和服装政策（草案）》（Draft National Cotton, Textile and Apparel Policy of 2024）旨在增加棉花产量、本地增值、就业、技能和市场准入。\n\n对价值链各环节人员的采访表明，随着肯尼亚重建一个数十年来遭到削弱的系统，复兴工作正在取得进展。\n\n肯尼亚曾是棉花和纺织品领域的重要参与者。该棉花、纺织品和服装（CTA）政策草案指出，由于贸易自由化以及二手服装的涌入，削弱了本地制造业和需求，导致该行业出现衰退。\n\n肯尼亚山大学（Mount Kenya University）讲师康塞普塔·西塔蒂（Concepta Sitati）博士在肯尼亚西部长大，当时棉花是一项重要的经济作物，她回忆起了一个更加紧密相连的体系。

Kenya Rebuilds The Cotton Chain From Field To Fabric




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Farmers are returning to cotton in coastal Kenya, while a new ginnery and one of the country's few surviving integrated textile mills are rebuilding links from field to factory.

In the small coastal town of Mpeketoni in Lamu County, cotton is once again becoming a crop worth growing.

Farmers are returning to their fields, Bt cotton seed is being distributed and a new ginnery is bringing processing closer to where the crop is grown. The cotton produced here is transported to Thika Cloth Mills (TCM), one of Kenya's few surviving integrated textile manufacturers.

The revival aims to create jobs, strengthen manufacturing, reduce dependence on imports and enable Kenya to capture more value from its own raw materials. Cotton and textiles are identified as a strategic value chain under the  Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda and the Fourth Medium Term Plan , which runs from 2023 to 2027.

The government's  Draft National Cotton, Textile and Apparel Policy of 2024  seeks to increase cotton production, local value addition, employment, skills and market access.

Interviews with people across the value chain suggest that the revival is showing progress as Kenya rebuilds a system weakened over decades.

Kenya was once a major player in cotton and textiles. The draft Cotton, Textile and Apparel (CTA) policy says the sector declined following trade liberalisation and the introduction of second-hand clothing, which weakened local manufacturing and demand.

Dr Concepta Sitati, a lecturer at Mount Kenya University who grew up in western Kenya when cotton was an important cash crop, remembers a more connected system.

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